Courts

A Ryde man has denied causing a woman actual bodily harm and will now see his case heard before a jury at the Isle of Wight Crown Court. Warren Angus, 37, of Milward Place, Ryde denied assaulting a person thereby...

Robin Hounsham, accused of smuggling 12 migrants into the United Kingdom via East Cowes on a yacht back in 2020, has denied the charge put against him. The 54-year-old, of Ashey Road in Ryde, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to...

A man who was stopped by Police after running a red light on Newport High Street has been handed a driving ban. Kieran Galvin, 22, of New Street in Newport, pleaded guilty to drink driving and use of a motor...

A self-employed electrician has been handed an 18-month driving ban after crashing his work van into trees at Noke Common whilst drunk. Martin Kirwood-Slack, 42, of Sydney Close in Newport, pleaded guilty to 1 count of drink driving when he...

33-year-old Emma Elliott has been banned from getting behind the wheel for 32 months after crashing into a parked car whilst 4x the drink drive limit. As first reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Clatterford Road in Carisbrooke...

An elderly convicted sex offender who was behind bars on the Isle of Wight after pleading guilty to more than 10 sex offences committed in the 70s and 80s, died of pneumonia. Clive Collins, 79, died at HMP Isle of...

A 55-year-old man from Latvia has been jailed for sexually assaulting 2 young girls on the Isle of Wight back in 2011, more than 4 years after his victims reported their ordeal to Police. Sergeis Jakobovskis, formally of Batchelor’s Barn...

Monday 19th December – Friday 23rd December 2022 • Stephen Anthony Berry, 34, of The Glen in Cowes pleaded guilty to breach of a non-molestation order. He was made subject to a 12-month community order with 30 rehabilitation days and...

A teenager charged with 6 counts of theft, including stealing a hot dog from a shop in Ryde, has been handed a 6-month Youth Referral Order. The 14-year-old from Sandown, who can’t be named for legal reasons, was charged on...

A convicted paedophile who committed what was described as “one of the worst cases of predatory paedophilia" died from a blood clot and pancreatic cancer, it has been revealed. Robert Marti, 66, died at HMP Isle of Wight on 12th...